Comments on: Mockery within my grrr-rasp http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2008/10/29/mockery-within-my-grrr-rasp/ Cantankerous commentary on what we speak and why we speak it, from Bill Brohaugh Wed, 03 Nov 2010 05:11:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bill Brohaugh http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2008/10/29/mockery-within-my-grrr-rasp/comment-page-1/#comment-605 Bill Brohaugh Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:15:05 +0000 http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2008/10/29/mockery-within-my-grrr-rasp/#comment-605 Indeed, all evidence is that "raspberry" is Cockney rhyming slang. (It's also rhyming slang for "nipple"--from "raspberry ripple.") I love the term "cranberry morpheme" and not just because it sounds like a flavored designer drug from Ocean Spray. It's more poetic and descriptive than "fossil." For a fun post on cranberry morphemes, check out The Name Inspector: http://www.thenameinspector.com/doing-the-crandango/ Indeed, all evidence is that “raspberry” is Cockney rhyming slang. (It’s also rhyming slang for “nipple”–from “raspberry ripple.”)

I love the term “cranberry morpheme” and not just because it sounds like a flavored designer drug from Ocean Spray. It’s more poetic and descriptive than “fossil.”

For a fun post on cranberry morphemes, check out The Name Inspector: http://www.thenameinspector.com/doing-the-crandango/

]]> By: Drew http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2008/10/29/mockery-within-my-grrr-rasp/comment-page-1/#comment-601 Drew Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:27:51 +0000 http://everythingyouknowaboutenglishiswrong.com/blog1/2008/10/29/mockery-within-my-grrr-rasp/#comment-601 Cute. Is the origin of the “raspberry” (as in the noise you can make with your mouth) really rhyming slang for “raspberry tart”? I’ve always wondered that and have never looked it up. Also, this post coincides with my recent discovery of the term “cranberry morpheme,” which I find fascinating and of which “rasp-” is one. Cute. Is the origin of the “raspberry” (as in the noise you can make with your mouth) really rhyming slang for “raspberry tart”? I’ve always wondered that and have never looked it up.

Also, this post coincides with my recent discovery of the term “cranberry morpheme,” which I find fascinating and of which “rasp-” is one.

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